#PKMChat 2016-03-09 Communities of Practice

#CoP Let’s talk about participating in Communities of Practice to create value

Communities of practice (CoPs) are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact. There has been much written about CoPs from the perspective of being a Community Manager. In this chat we’ll explore the perspective and experience of being a participant in a Community of Practice (COP). We make choices about which CoPs to join, how actively we participate and whether to continue participating. Let’s discuss why you choose to participate in a CoP, and how You derive value from the Community. It’s not always smooth sailing. What happens when you give more than you get from a CoP, or when you become disengaged for any reason. Is the experience of belonging to a CoP within an organization different to outside of organizational boundaries? What should your contribution be to keeping a CoP healthy – vital and active. Thank you to Stephanie Barnes for helping to prepare today’s chat. PKMChat being about Personal Knowledge Management encompass Knowledge lifecycle in general. Our first chat was about learning, acquiring Knowledge. Our second is about sharing it. Week after weeks we will switch from one end of the lifecycle to another while exploring all the channels that could be used: social, formal, writing, videos. Feel free to suggest topics by tweeting to @pkmchat.